The Musica Viva growth cycle

Bearing fruit - harvesting the rewards


For over 60 years, Musica Viva has nurtured Australian performers at all career stages, and our audiences have reaped the rewards.  This year’s tour featuring  two rising-star ensembles – the Jerusalem Quartet and the Australian String Quartet – promises Australian audiences concerts full of exuberance and passion, thanks to Musica Viva’s years of care and support. 

The Jerusalem Quartet will continue as Musica Viva’s ‘Quartet in Residence’ until the end of 2009, stimulating Australian musical life, providing students with master-classes, workshops and Australian Music Days.

Blossoming - helping emerging artists to flourish


Musica Viva champions small Australian ensembles, helping artists to blossom while our audiences grow in their love and appreciation of music.  The players of the Australian String Quartet, winner of numerous international competitions,  were identified early as future stars by Musica Viva.  By providing performance opportunities in Australia and overseas, and by nurturing vital infrastructure, Musica Viva has helped them reach this exciting career stage.  Similarly, Musica Viva’s Ménage and Café Carnivale series give young artists from diverse traditions vital performance and professional development experiences essential to career building. 

Sowing the seeds - a lifetime love of music stems from childhood


When internationally-acclaimed composer, musician and educator Paul Jarman visits a school for a two-day Musica Viva Composer in the Classroom workshop, children blossom before his eyes. Creating music helps develop children’s musical understanding, listening and communication skills and becomes an experience that they will remember forever.

Musica Viva touches the lives of artists and audiences Australia-wide, and your Virtuosi membership supports a vision of an Australia shaped by the creativity and imagination of its people.  Your fully tax-deductible cash gift will help in many ways.  For example,

$300
provides subsidies for 15 regional teachers to attend Professional Development courses

$2,000
underwrites artist fees for a Musica Viva Ménage concert, directly supporting young artists

$3,000
allows up to 200 students to attend an Australian Music Day with a leading Australian Composer

$15,000
underwrites top-tier artist fees for a single concert, or commissions a new work from an emerging Australian composer

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For questions about Musica Viva’s Virtuosi, please contact Individual Gifts Manager Ken Berry on 02 8394 6672, or via email at kberry@mva.org.au.